Bram Houtenbos aka thelazyracer
@bram.houtenbos.org
Elite level transcontinental public transport racer. Yes, that is a thing. One-time University Challenge team captain. Also a cook, cargo bike evangelist, and a centrist papa.
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This. Constraint and accountability for using military force start closest to home. Advisers and members of the president’s party. Doesn’t have to be a vote, doesn’t have to be public. But there’s no constraining without it. War is an Insiders’ Game.
The absence of any public pushback from the Republican Party on a situation as insane as Trump is rapidly reaching on Greenland is itself a huge sign of how far gone the US already is.
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This. Constraint and accountability for using military force start closest to home. Advisers and members of the president’s party. Doesn’t have to be a vote, doesn’t have to be public. But there’s no constraining without it. War is an Insiders’ Game.
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The chair of the fed ripping off his shirt and yelling "you know where to find me, bitch" while very clearly signaling to The Money that Trump is breaking The Money
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The chair of the fed ripping off his shirt and yelling "you know where to find me, bitch" while very clearly signaling to The Money that Trump is breaking The Money
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
can I have a precedented time again? I've been good
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(Going to see a band I like) this is a cool room. I hope they start to constantly email me about every single event that goes on in here.
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
(Going to see a band I like) this is a cool room. I hope they start to constantly email me about every single event that goes on in here.
Stepped on an electrical plug (European one with fairly round prongs), only noticed it had gone through my foot when I tried a step and dragged the cable it was attached to along with me. Ouch.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Stepped on an electrical plug (European one with fairly round prongs), only noticed it had gone through my foot when I tried a step and dragged the cable it was attached to along with me. Ouch.
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Bloated Nation Struggling To Work Way Through Leftover Rijstevlaai
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December 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I was at a festival enjoying a pre crazy Kanye and Jay-Z concert, about 25m away from a VIP moshpit with Beyonce in it who was papped with someone who looked just like me, but was not me.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was at a festival enjoying a pre crazy Kanye and Jay-Z concert, about 25m away from a VIP moshpit with Beyonce in it who was papped with someone who looked just like me, but was not me.
@jim.londoncentric.media If this doesn't get people donating blood, I don't know what will. A conventional multipack of mini cheddars contains 23g servings, but the ones you get post-donation are a shrinkflation busting 35g. Get the word out!
December 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@jim.londoncentric.media If this doesn't get people donating blood, I don't know what will. A conventional multipack of mini cheddars contains 23g servings, but the ones you get post-donation are a shrinkflation busting 35g. Get the word out!
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"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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It only took a year but we did it, thanks Bluesky people! www.yorkmix.com/pictures-yor...
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
OK, fairly deranged question really, but does anyone know how you’d go about getting a giant indoor artificial tree like this built in a primary school library as a reading hub? I’ve raised some funds for this and don’t know if you go off the shelf, get a set designer (do you know one?) or whatever.
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It only took a year but we did it, thanks Bluesky people! www.yorkmix.com/pictures-yor...
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
Fun little online game if you fancy a public transport challenge across Europe without the hours at freezing bus stops: how fast can you get from Inverness to the Rock of Gibraltar with £500 to spend? (I’ve managed 1 day 22hrs 10min and had to walk up the Rock having run out of money) geo-racers.com
Race from one side of the world to the other - Geo Racers
geo-racers.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Zet ze buiten de poort, twee keer zo groot.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Zet ze buiten de poort, twee keer zo groot.
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this is a perfect 30 rock joke
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
this is a perfect 30 rock joke
I have a lot of time for Brian Brobbey but I could do without this drama
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have a lot of time for Brian Brobbey but I could do without this drama
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The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Shamefully, Labour abstained!
Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Shamefully, Labour abstained!
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“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com